Dig straight down from the middle of the Bay of Bengal 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Ecuador 🇪🇨. Below are the Bay of Bengal's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 2,036,995 km² (786,488 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | India 🇮🇳 · Bangladesh 🇧🇩 · Myanmar 🇲🇲 · Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 |
| Also written | Bahía de Bengala (es) · golfe du Bengale (fr) · 孟加拉灣 (zh) · خليج البنغال (ar) · Бенгальский залив (ru) · ベンガル湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Bay of Bengal, that point sits at 14.5283° S, 93.4105° W. The nearest coast is Ecuador 🇪🇨, roughly 1,502 km (933 miles) south — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Santa Cruz, Ecuador, about 1,592 km (989 miles) from the point.
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